Guess the "rally driver"!
19 March 2013, 04:31 PM
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Guess the "rally driver"!
He frequents this site.
Knows a bit about Subaru's
Looks like Francis Drake (well he does in that photograph).
Is older than Gods dog.
Used to be (he would probably suggest he still is) a bit of a "driver".
Knows a bit about Subaru's
Looks like Francis Drake (well he does in that photograph).
Is older than Gods dog.
Used to be (he would probably suggest he still is) a bit of a "driver".
19 March 2013, 06:11 PM
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20 March 2013, 09:07 AM
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Now I know you've been around since Pontius was a Pilate, but......
How old is that photograph as you're not wearing helmets, unless you're driving between stages.
Shouldn't the photograph be in B&W.
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20 March 2013, 10:20 AM
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Pontius the pilot 
Yeah! l beat him too
That's a PROPER Motoring News Road Rally, back the days when ex works rally cars could be used. All night, maybe 1 or 2 stops for petrol and a regroup then on it until about 5 am usually.
No wimpy helmets, I just wore fireproof underwear with day clothes over the top.
I came 4th on that one if I recall - Flat out all night. Beaten by three of the M N Championship contenders, it just happened to coincide with the two Championships I was in.
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Yeah! l beat him too
That's a PROPER Motoring News Road Rally, back the days when ex works rally cars could be used. All night, maybe 1 or 2 stops for petrol and a regroup then on it until about 5 am usually.
No wimpy helmets, I just wore fireproof underwear with day clothes over the top.
I came 4th on that one if I recall - Flat out all night. Beaten by three of the M N Championship contenders, it just happened to coincide with the two Championships I was in.
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20 March 2013, 10:22 AM
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You could only get 'slow speed ' film in Black and white I was too fast for that .....They had to use colour film and sometimes even so, I was just a blur.
The bumper sticker on my Legacy says
" the older I get the faster I was "
20 March 2013, 10:35 AM
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[QUOTE=APIDavid;11030443]Pontius the pilot
Yeah! l beat him too
That's a PROPER Motoring News Road Rally, back the days when ex works rally cars could be used. All night, maybe 1 or 2 stops for petrol and a regroup then on it until about 5 am usually.
No wimpy helmets, I just wore fireproof underwear with day clothes over the top.
I came 4th on that one if I recall - Flat out all night. Beaten by three of the M N Championship contenders, it just happened to coincide with the two Championships I was in.
Old time Racing driver[/QUOTE
Brings back old memories that photo and that era nothing better than going to the pub on a saturday night then standing half cut after throw out time 2 in the morning on the RL Brown watching the likes of Bannister,Ingram etc ears escorts and ice sunbeams giving it death down the lanes/roads now that was entertainment
Yeah! l beat him too
That's a PROPER Motoring News Road Rally, back the days when ex works rally cars could be used. All night, maybe 1 or 2 stops for petrol and a regroup then on it until about 5 am usually.
No wimpy helmets, I just wore fireproof underwear with day clothes over the top.
I came 4th on that one if I recall - Flat out all night. Beaten by three of the M N Championship contenders, it just happened to coincide with the two Championships I was in.
Old time Racing driver[/QUOTE
Brings back old memories that photo and that era nothing better than going to the pub on a saturday night then standing half cut after throw out time 2 in the morning on the RL Brown watching the likes of Bannister,Ingram etc ears escorts and ice sunbeams giving it death down the lanes/roads now that was entertainment
20 March 2013, 11:06 AM
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I caught Bannister one night on a rally in East Anglia He was running 1 minute ahead of us on the road and we could see his lights at a control. I doubled my efforts to catch him and slid into the control all four wheels locked at the last minute.
His bonnet was up. In front of his car was a Blue 3 litre Capri - road car.
From behind his bonnet stepped the biggest Norfolk Constabulary copper you've ever seen.
I tried to explain that I had been making so much noise as I was stuck in 3rd gear and he was having none of it.
He proceeded with red face and loud voice to 'advise ' me that if he saw me anywhere again all night doing more than the speed limit, I was going back to his nick with him in the Capri.
We went home...............
His bonnet was up. In front of his car was a Blue 3 litre Capri - road car.
From behind his bonnet stepped the biggest Norfolk Constabulary copper you've ever seen.
I tried to explain that I had been making so much noise as I was stuck in 3rd gear and he was having none of it.
He proceeded with red face and loud voice to 'advise ' me that if he saw me anywhere again all night doing more than the speed limit, I was going back to his nick with him in the Capri.
We went home...............
20 March 2013, 01:13 PM
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Good old days David I remember Bannister putting his escort on top of a dyke 20 yards in front of a time control as he was trying to with spectators get the car back onto the road his navigator was screaming at him telling him !!!!!!!!! I told you to brake he hadn't taken any notice at all 
20 March 2013, 05:33 PM
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Briants of Risboro are still there as far as i know doing Mowers and stuff. haven't heard of Mick in years though.
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20 March 2013, 05:36 PM
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Good old days David I remember Bannister putting his escort on top of a dyke 20 yards in front of a time control as he was trying to with spectators get the car back onto the road his navigator was screaming at him telling him !!!!!!!!! I told you to brake he hadn't taken any notice at all
He was VERY fast, but I seem to recall that he didn't finish that often, there'd just be a hole in a hedge or a wall somewhere on the route.......
Seems the aforementioned copper was so pissed off at me, cos he'd tried to catch Steve with their fastest car [ the 3.0 Capri ] and he left them for dead. When they actually caught up with him he was parked in the control and no evidence to use, as they'd never got that close.
Then I came along and they missed me too...
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20 March 2013, 06:11 PM
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They sure do, bit of an escort fest these days though *yawn*... Lol, I last did it in 2009, still a very tough event on the car and navigator.
Have a look at Mick's book, it's a part 1 of 2 all about the MN days -
http://www.mickbriant.com/
And any more photo's of you in the lanes David?
20 March 2013, 06:44 PM
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Now you've done it. l'll have a look in the old scrapbook tonight and see if there is anything appropriate.
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